Dr Hilary Jones MBE, a veteran TV doctor and programme contributor, had a special milestone birthday on Good Morning Britain on Monday.
The ITV breakfast show, anchored by Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley for the episode, went all out to celebrate his big day, which featured a hilarious mashup of his previous performances.
Dr. Hilary has been counselling viewers for decades – he’s been on TV for almost thirty years – but few knew his age until it was revealed on his birthday.
Dr. Hilary, a well-known GP, turned 70 today, which surprised many people, including his colleagues.
‘Never I don’t believe it, no,’ declared Richard, 67, while a stunned Susanna, 52, joked: ‘I want what he’s having!’
The modest TV medic quipped in response: ‘Make-up is brilliant these days, isn’t it? Hides all the wrinkles and everything.’
When asked how he was feeling, Dr Hilary said, “Fantastic.”
‘Looking forward to my next marathon – 98 is the oldest man who ran a marathon so there’s life in the old dog yet!’ he added.
Richard, on the other hand, couldn’t get past his age, claiming, ‘You don’t look 70, mate. You just do not.’
Viewers were also keen to wish Dr Hilary a happy birthday, with one tweeting: ‘Happy 70th Birthday to a doctoring legend Hilary, you have helped so many people over your years as the Doctor in morning TV, your a credit to your profession & who dosen’t look his age [sic].’
‘Happy Birthday Dr Hilary Jones,’ posted another while someone else joked: ‘Dr Hilary looks younger now than he does in that compilation!’
Dr Hilary has been a frequent health and medical expert on GMTV since 1989.
Dr Hilary remained as Health Editor when ITV revamped their morning programmes with the addition of Daybreak and Lorraine in 2010, followed by Daybreak’s successor GMB in 2014.
This morning’s show also recognised the influence the doctor has had on viewers over the years, as Saracens and Wales rugby player Nick Tompkins was interviewed alongside his mother after Dr Hilary saved his life as a child.
As a youngster, Nick battled meningitis, which his mother accurately identified after viewing a part on the Tumbler Test from Dr Hilary, a member of the Meningitis Research Foundation.
She raised a glass to the rash on his skin, the markings still visible, which can indicate the lethal disease over lesser, non-life-threatening disorders.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV1.
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